Lifting device for automobile bodies



Sept. 25, 1923. 1,468,928 7 H. P. STEADMAN LIFTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE BODIES Filed Dec. 5. 1921 l'rLven/tm,

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LIFTING DEVICE FOR AUTOIETGBILE BODIES.

Application filed Deeember 3, 19211, sie i l so, s'lejo'of T'o allwhom it nmg concern-j x Be it known that I, HARRY" P. STEADMAN, a-citizen of the United States, residing at- Galamus, inthe county of Clinton andiSta-te of Iowa, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Lifting Devices for" Automobile Bodies; and. I do hereby invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fullyhereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals designate like parts mall the views Figure l is a perspective viewpartially broken away, of a device made in accord-- ance with thls invent-ion;

'Figurei is a detail sectional view illus trati'ngihow the device is applied to'pthe framework of an automobile;

Fi ure 3 is an elevational view of a or I t) T t1on of the parts illustrated in rigure 1;

and v V Figure 4 1s a plan viewof another portion of the parts shown 1n Flgure 1.

In order that the nature and object of this invention may be the more clearly understood, it 1s said:

As is well known, thebodies of auto mobiles for'va-rious reasons have to be lift-- ed when brought into the shop in order to make repairs thereon, and for other purposes, and at present there is in so far as I am aware, no device or instrument thatv has been proposed which is as convenient to apply, as simple in construction, and as inexpensive toimanufacture as is the one now to be disclosed.

It is further welllknownthat the supporting framework of a Ford automobile comprises at its rear a: transversely dis posed spring-not illustrated, but which is Y located immediately above the rear'aXle, and immed ately above this said transverse spring is a transverse member which I have conventionally indicated by the number 1',"

inFigur'e This transverse member extends from side to .s1de of the automobile and 1s secured to twolongitudinalU-shaped frame members 2 which members are se-' cured to thesaid transverse member as indicated at 3. These longitudinal frame mem"* bers 2 in the Ford automobileare of the U ShapeshoWnin Figure 2; they are made of steel, and therefore it. is not an easy inatter to utilize themwhen lifting the rear body' portion of the automobile with the tools that have been heretofore proposed.

According to this invention, on the other hand, Ifprovide a pair of rod likemembers' 4 provided with eyes'5'at one end, and with tending 'atjright angles from the rod portion 4. Also extending at right angles from the member 6 is a second member 7;, and exten dingat right angles from the member7 is a third member S, and extending at right angles from the member Sin toward the member 6, is afourth member 9, The construction is such, as wlll be clear fronrF uresjl andQjthat the membe'rsfil, 8, and

9 constitute a hook carriedlby the member 6,

the squared member 6 at the other end, ex-

which is adapted to engage the upper flange '10 of the' fra-me member '2, while the member 611s adapted to lie flatwiso againstfthe' vertical surface 11 of said member Each of the eyes 5 of the rods, 4 is engagedby the hooks 13 of the spanning member 1a provided with the bent portion 15 adapted to be engaged by the hook 16 of the pulley 17, which latter may be raised by any suitablemeansas by the chain 18. I

r The operation of this improved lifting device is especiallyadapted' for lifting the rear portions of Ford automobileswhen the latter need repairs will be Hl'lClQISLOOCl from the foregoing, but may be briefly summarized as follows: I

i/hen the machine is brought. into the shop, and it is desired to lift or the rear of, the frame we'll; and body portion high enough to enable workman to conveniently get under thesame, it is he rear axle only necessary toflplace each of the rods 4 under the cross piece 1 near the sides of the the rods 4 will lie flat on the top flanges 10 of the frame members 2; the parts 8 of the rods 4 will pass down over the edges or the flanges 10 of the frames 2, and the hook members 9 extending from the parts 8 will pass under said flanges 10, all as is clear from Figures 1 and 2. 7

It will thus be seen that after the rods f have been passed under the cross'piece 1, their ends provided with the offset hook 'members will have to be pushed inward toward the center of the machine inorder to engage their respective flanges 10. That is to say, the flanges 10 of the pair of longitudinally disposed frame members 2 extend in opposite directions, and therefore, the

pair of members 7 and 9 on each rod l exlend in opposite directions. In fact, unless each hook member 8 be provided with the auxiliary hook member 9, extending" toward thebot y of its rod 4, the said rods l would not be held flrmly in place during their lifting action when disposed as indicated in Figures 1 and 2. In other words, they are what may be called rights and lefts, as will be clear from Figure 1, showing the right hand flange 10 when looking toward the front of the machine and Figure 2, which shows the left hand flange 10 when looking toward the frontof the machine.

The hook members 13 of the lifting memher A having been passed through the eyes of the rods said member 14; together with theeyes 5 of the rods l, may be now lifted by the pulley 1 7, whereupon the rods 4: tak

ing under the cross member 1, as plainly illustrated in 'F igures 1 and 2, will lift'the entire rear portion of the Ford machine, to any point desired. hen it is desired to disengage the lifting member from the Ford machine. the pulley 1'7 is lowered, whereupon the parts are readily detached from the frame members 2 and may be readily detached from each other, and stored away.

it is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction as well as he arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention. and

adapted to take under one of said flanges,

substantially as described. y 2. Ina lifting" device for an automobile having a cross member and a pair of longi= members,

tudina ly disposed flanged the combination of a pair of rod members adapted to pass under said cross member and each having at one end four hook members disposed to one side of its body portion adapted to engage two sides of and beneath the flange of one of said frame members;

and a lifting member adapted to engage the other end of said rod members, to lift said cross .member and parts of the machine associated therewith, substantially as described.

3. Ina lifting device for automobiles, the

combination of a pair of rod members each provided at one end with four offset hook members, and at the other end with means for engaging. a lifting member; and a lifting member provided with means forengag int, said rod members. the hook members of each rod being so ofl'set that they will oppose each other when intheir lifting position and one of said hook members will point toward its corresponding substantially as described. I

l. In alifting device, for-a Ford automobile, provided withlongitudinally disposed frame members having flanges. the combinarod member,

'tion of a pair of rods adapted. to lie parallel to each other when in their lifting positions, and having each at one end a set of four op posing offset hooks for engaging said flanges when in said lifting posit ons; and lifting means for engaging the other ends of said rods. substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I my signa ture.

HARRY "P. STEADMAN. 

